Icon of the New Testament Trinity
c. 1450
Maker Unknown
Medieval Art
Icon of the New Testament Trinity, c. 1450. Byzantium, Constantinople. Tempera and gold on wood panel (poplar); 35.5 x 62.5 x 2.7 cm (14 x 24 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2016.32 More than just a breakfast food, eggs are used to make the tempera paint used in this painting.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Tempera and gold on wood panel (poplar)
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 62.5 x 2.7 cm (14 x 24 5/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Ο ΠΑΛΑΙΟC ΤΗΩ- God the Father as Christ in old age on right identified on either side of his head in gold, outlined in red. Inscription: ΤΟ ΑΙΟΝ ΠΝΑ- The Holy Spirit, identified by dove in gold outlined in red. Inscription: ΙΩCHΦ Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗC- St. Joseph the Hymnographer identified on the left by gold letters, outlined in red. Inscription: ΚΟCΜ Ο ΠΟΙΗΤΗC- St. Kosmas the Hymnopgrapher identified on the right in gold letters in red outline Inscription: "'together with...you my God' and 'your dominion" in Scroll of Kosmas on the right.
- Departments
- Medieval Art
- Accession Number
- 2016.32
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 105 Byzantine
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